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==History==
==History==
Since at least 1200 A.D., people have been trying to attach sheets of paper. The first known method was by using melted wax and ribbon to attach the upper left corner of pages. In the 18th century, King Louis the XV, was provided with a stapler of sorts, which was made by hand. According to legend, the king's staples were forged from gold, encrusted with precious stones, and bore his Royal Court's insignia.<ref name="mentalfloss.com">http://mentalfloss.com/article/22619/brief-history-staples</ref><br />
Since at least 1200 A.D., people have been trying to attach sheets of paper. The first known method was by using melted wax and ribbon to attach the upper left corner of pages. In the 18th century, King Louis the XV, was provided with a stapler of sorts, which was made by hand. According to legend, the king's staples were forged from gold, encrusted with precious stones, and bore his Royal Court's insignia.<ref name="mentalfloss.com">http://mentalfloss.com/article/22619/brief-history-staples</ref>
For those who must live withing lesser means, a more practical staple was patented in 1866. However, this "paper fastener," created by the Novelty Manufacturing Company, could only hold one staple. Also, this device only punched the staple through the paper--it did not bend the legs.<ref name="mentalfloss.com">http://mentalfloss.com/article/22619/brief-history-staples</ref>
For those who must live withing lesser means, a more practical stapler was patented in 1866. However, this "paper fastener," created by the Novelty Manufacturing Company, could only hold one staple. Also, this device only punched the staple through the paper--it did not bend the legs.<ref name="mentalfloss.com">http://mentalfloss.com/article/22619/brief-history-staples</ref><br />
The next development was the invention of a stapler which did bend the legs. This was known as McGill's Patent Single Stroke Staple Press. In 1895, the stapler became much more common when the E.H. Hotchkiss Company of Norwalk, [[Connecticut]], released their "No. 1 Paper Fastener." This offered all the features of modern staplers--they held multiple staples, and bent the legs as soon as they passed through the paper. The only remaining problem was that the staples were attached to a wire, from which it was difficult to separate them. Hotchkiss users needed to press down very hard on the plunger, so much so that users sometimes kept mallets handy.<ref name="mentalfloss.com">http://mentalfloss.com/article/22619/brief-history-staples</ref> Interestingly, the Japanese name for an office stapler is ホチキス (or sometimes ホッチキス) e is directly translated to hochikisu, which is a direct product of the name "Hotchkiss."<ref>http://nihongo.monash.edu/hotchkiss.html</ref> <br />
Attempting to improve this problem, a variety of other staplers where created from this point on. Each had its strengths and weaknesses, but all were difficult to refill with staples. Jack Linksy resolved this last problem, several years after he founded the Parrot Speed Fastener Corporation. In 1937, his company released the Swingline Speed Stapler No. 3. This stapler could be loaded by simply laying a strip of staples into a track inside. This effective design has been changed very little since then.<ref name="mentalfloss.com">http://mentalfloss.com/article/22619/brief-history-staples</ref><br />
==Paper staples==
==Paper staples==